Rocker-shaft bearing for looms



Aug. 23, 1932. C, C, SHAW 1,873,791

HOOKER SHAFT BEARING FOR LOOMS Filed Feb. 5. 1931 Patented Aug. 23, i932Y I t Y j .y i 1,873,791

UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE oLAUnE o. SHAW, or oAivmnN, soU'rH CAROLINABoonen-SHAFT BEARING Fon Looivis Application led February 5, 1931.Serial No. 513,709.

The object of this invention is to provide and provide the saine with aset bolt 21 which a simple and inexpensive rocker-shaft bearis locked inits adjusted position by a locking for looms that may be substituted forthe nut 22, the'lower end of the set screw bearold, original bearingswhen the saine become ing against the top face of the plate 6. In this 5so worn as to require renewal, as more fully construction'it will beobserved that this subhereinaftei set forth. Referring to thedrawstitute rocker-shaft bearing may be readily ing annexed; attached tothe regularA cross-beam loom at Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one ofmy any point in its length and that it may be l bearings; used in pairsto provide proper journals for lo Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewthereof; the opposite ends of the rockereshaft, which 60 and Y shaft maybe shortened in view of the fact that F ig. 3 is a longitudinal sectiontaken these bearings need not be affixed to the through the supportingbeam or girt of the side frame in the loom. In view of the ease loom.with which these bearings may be substituted 16 Referring to the drawingby reference charfor the old bearings, very little loss of pro- 65acters, 5 designates the usual beam or girt duction of the'loom issuffered by their subof the loom, and 6 a top pocket plate adstitutionfor the old bearings. They in fact 'ustably secured to the upper face ofthe giri; lalso aford a more substantial bearing for the y means of oneor more bolts 7 which pass rocker-shaft in view of the fact that theymay 3o through transverse slots 8 in plate 6 and lon' be plaCd 0105er t0the lay. Y They also have 7e gitudinal slots 9 in the girt, these boltsand the advantage that they hold the lay in proper slots permitting theplate 6 t0 be adjustable position and thus help other parts of the looinlongitudinally and transversely on the girt. to functionbetter, thusgreatly reducing pos- The front edge of the plate 6 ie providedsibilities of mis-picks, thin places and 25 with an integral dependingfront plate 10 smashe's, which ofcourse are very detri- 7 which isbraced to the plate 6 by side flanges mental in the woven product. In myim- 11 and is provided with a pair of vertical slots JPIOVB- bealtllgS,blOkeIl WOIdS Carl be read- 12 open at their lower ende, This plete 6 ieilyreplaced in much less time than has heretoalso provided with a`depending plate 13 OIG 106.911 POSSllOlG. :so whose lower edge is turnedbackwardly so as I Olalm' 8o to engage under the front edge of the girt5 Io 2 boalllg for 100m rocker-ShaftS, a Supto thereby assist in lockingthe hanger struc- Port/111g Stluottlle embodyllg a top plate With ture6-10 t0 the gift, means for adjustably but rigidly attaching Secured bya pair of bolts 15 to the front it t0 a 100m gift 0r beam and adepending plate 16 which is provided at its lower end oPoIl Slots; ahanger-plate having IOCkGI-, with a closed cylindrical bearing 17 forthe Shaft bolllg'ploleotng IOHI tS fI'OIlt faCe rocker-shaft (notshown), this bearing 17 be- Yvl'h a 111g pfowotllg IedTWlIdly andfitting ing aligned with e bushing 18a preferably 1n one of theaforesaid slots in the face plate, mede of Wood, The belts 15 pagethrough and boltsextending through the hanger plate au holes in theplate 16 and through the aforeand the Slots 111 ,the fao@ Plato at oPoint said vertical slots 12 in the hanger-plate 10, flboV@ thoafoleSald 111gto thereby enable the bearing-plate 16 to be In178513111101157 whereof I hereunto @mx my vertically adjusted. Thebearing-plate is Slglltlll'oi5 provided with a rearwardly extending rib19 CLAUDE' C- SHW- 95 which lits in one of the slots 12 to therebyprevent lateral vibration or movement of the bearing-plate 16. To nicelyadjust the bearing-plate 16 up and down, I provide itsupfece of thedepending plate 10 is e bearingface plate provided with a pair ofvertical 5:,

5 per end with a rearwardly extending flange 20 'Y 100

